Homeomorphic Imaging Using Path Integrals

P078 HOMEOMORPHIC IMAGING USING PATH INTEGRALS Abstract 1 The Homeomorphic Imaging approach (HI) is a generalization of the Common midpoint (CMP) stack (Gelchinsky 1988 Gelchinsky and Keydar 1999 Keydar et.al 1996). Today HI can be regarded as a system of methods and schemes for study of seismic structures that are based on asymptotic wave theory and on fundamental topological ideas. HI is based on a single supposition: it assumes that a target wave exists on the chosen central trace. The core of Homeomorphic Imaging is a new moveout correction as a function of wave front characteristics. This moveout correction is